Local Pairing and Antiferromagnetism in High-T(c) Superconductors
Abstract
The CuO2 planes in high-temperature superconductors are studied by a two-dimensional Hubbard Hamiltonian with a new proposed vacuum (d9p6). The superexchange between Cu sites and the hopping parameters of the carriers estimated in this new vacuum has good agreement with the experimental observation as well as numerical calculations with a finite cluster. Single carriers (electrons for n-type or holes for p-type) are localized due to the rigidity of the antiferromagnetic background. Local pairing in the CuO2 plane enables the paired states to move around without disturbing the antiferromagnetic background. The binding energy is estimated from the pair hopping energy, which causes the paired state to be lower in energy that the single carrier state. Keywords: High-Tc superconductors; Local pairing; Antiferromagnetism. (jhd)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA213004
Entities
People
- H. R. Lee
- Thomas F. George
Organizations
- University at Buffalo